I ended up coming up with something that seems to work well. Solution follows:
Prepare the old server files for transfer.
Create a folder called migrate in /home/e-smith/ This will allow you to access
the dir via ftp using a standard user account. Make a tarball of the
/home/e-smith/files/users/ dir. You will want to use a -cvf switch to save
permissions and you may want to gzip it . Once this
is completed cp this file /home/e-smith/migrate. At this point you'll want to
edit the /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow and , /etc/group and /home/e-smith/accounts
files to reflect the users you're transferring over only as below:
/etc/passwd
user1:x:5000:5000:user1 user1:/home/e-smith/files/users/user1:/bin/sshell
user2:x:5001:5001:user2 user2:/home/e-smith/files/users/user2:/bin/sshell
user3:x:5002:5002:user user3:/home/e-smith/files/users/user3:/bin/sshell
/etc/shadow
user1:$1$LCqIGQFA$d23Oz4iH/PO5lBkVnRMzP0:12507:0:99999:7:-1:-1:-1
user2:$1$3hQM1eaj$ovJkcE8d1w30sxTiJ2xZc.:12507:0:99999:7:-1:-1:-1
user3:$1$n6ao2Y59$l3pQBkaFL.aXF1qIwMuvt/:12514:0:99999:7:-1:-1:-1
/etc/group
user1:x:5000:
user2:x:5001:
user3:x:5002:
/home/e-smith/accounts
ser.user3=pseudonym|Account|user3
user1=user|City|Ottawa|Company|XYZ
Corporation|Dept|Main|EmailForward|local|FirstName|user1|ForwardAddress||LastName|user1|PasswordSet|yes|Phone|555-5555|Street|123
Main Street|Uid|5000|VPNClientAccess|no
user1.user1=pseudonym|Account|user1
user1_user1=pseudonym|Account|user1
user2=user|City|Ottawa|Company|XYZ
Corporation|Dept|Main|EmailForward|local|FirstName|user2|ForwardAddress||LastName|user2|PasswordSet|yes|Phone|555-5555|Street|123
Main Street|Uid|5001|VPNClientAccess|no
user2.user2=pseudonym|Account|user2
user2_user2=pseudonym|Account|user2
user3=user|City|Ottawa|Company|XYZ
Corporation|Dept|Main|EmailForward|local|FirstName|user|ForwardAddress||LastName|user3|PasswordSet|yes|Phone|555-5555|Street|123
Main Street|Uid|5002|VPNClientAccess|no
user_user3=pseudonym|Account|user3
Save these in the /home/e-smith/migrate folder that was created earlier.
Install the new server.
Once the new server is up and running then you'll want to FTP the files in the
migrate folder on the previous server to the new server to /root/migrate/. Once
this is completed then do
$ cat passwd >> /etc/passwd
$ cat shadow >> /etc/shadow
$ cat group >> /etc/group
$ cat accounts >> /home/e-smith/accounts
Once this is completed untar the tarball to /home/e-smith/files/users/. At this
point all the user directories and user information has been transferred over.
>From here you will need to initiate a couple events for this to work. At a root
prompt type
$ /sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
when this is complete do
$ /sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot
The server will now reboot and when it comes back up it will apply the
configuration changes. At this point you will be able to administer the users
from server-manager fully.
I have tested this solution on both 5.5 - 6 migations and 6 - 6 migrations with
success. I plan on testing 5.5 - 6 migration again to confirm.
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